The Veteran's appeal is remanded to the RO for further action, including scheduling a personal hearing at the Louisville, Kentucky, RO.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested a personal hearing before the Board but did not receive one due to her inability to travel from her residence in a small town far from Washington, DC.
- Claimed conditions
- tricompartmental osteoarthritis of the right knee, total knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- October 18, 2012
- Citation
- 1236086
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for further development, including to obtain a new VA examination and determine the severity of the Veteran's left knee condition while discounting the ameliorative effects of medication.
- Granted
The veteran's claim for service connection for left knee internal derangement, which resulted in a total knee replacement, was granted because the pre-existing condition was aggravated by military service.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a right knee disability with total knee replacement, effective October 18, 2020. The claim was reopened due to new and relevant evidence submitted after the initial denial in February 1994.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for left knee osteoarthritis, instability, and total knee replacement, left knee scar, right-hand degenerative arthritis disability, left-hand osteoarthritis disability, and lumbosacral strain with osteoarthritis of the lumbar spine. The claims for left shoulder disability, higher evaluations for hip disabilities, and TDIU are remanded.
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